by Thomas Mills | Sep 30, 2016 | Editor's Blog, Politics
Brace yourselves. Walk away from your inbox. Today is the final of day of the third quarter. It’s the most important deadline of the campaign. Some candidate (maybe me?) is just $1,374 shy of meeting her goal. Can you help her get there by midnight tonight? It’s all...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 29, 2016 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Politics |
North Carolina is different. In 2014, the country as a whole saw the lowest voter turnout in decades. In North Carolina, turnout was about average for a non-presidential year. While a Republican wave washed over the rest of the country, North Carolina Democrats picked...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 27, 2016 | Debates, Editor's Blog |
Hillary Clinton’s great line that “A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons” was amplified last night. Donald Trump took the bait all night long and proved in front of 100 million viewers that he has little self-restraint....
by Thomas Mills | Sep 26, 2016 | 2016 Elections, NC Politics |
North Carolina has gotten used to being in the political spotlight. Since 2008, we’ve been one of the most closely watched states in the country. And I’m not talking about the negative publicity brought to us by the Governor and General Assembly. I’m talking the...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 23, 2016 | Editor's Blog, North Carolina |
The shooting in Charlotte and the protests that followed have brought out the worst in us, especially on social media. The partisans on twitter immediately retreated to their familiar positions either blaming the cops and white racism or blaming the protesters and...
